Pezo

Hmmm we will have to agree to disagree, I think that interview was organised because fans are looking for answers and were asking the SL, JL and RG to answer questions through social media, RG realised he had to fill the chasm of non information flying around so rather than directly respond on social media and set that expectation he went on GT.

Oh I see, the interview has been organised after NP went off sick. I think this was organised because of the social media backlash, there have been people on here and twitter asking what our direction is and RG needs to be able to say they aren't hiding.

The first half of your post is all assumptions and conjecture, why would he resign and then RG think oh I know I will go on GT? My own conjecture - I think you are probably projecting your hopes onto the interview. The second half - yeah we're ******!

I don't know about you but I get pissed off if my directors contacts me when I'm off sick. So no I don't think he would have had a conversation prior to going on, Nige needs to worry about getting better not about a Twentypiece interview.

Just listened to the first 5 mins states he wants NP back. GT - "And he wants to come back", RG - "I'm sure that's the case". Not sure where the ambiguity is in that other than he can't speak for Nige, he doesn't know Nige's thought's he just knows what he thinks Nige's thought's are. the bit that struck me is he said long COVID so I assume that's what it is - he also said "who knows with long COVID" He is obviously not going to paint himself into a corner and look stupid by saying Nige will be back next week when he doesn't know if it's tomorrow, next week, 3 months or if NP is going to come to the conclusion that his health means he can't do the job.

I swear some people misunderstand the job of a CEO and why they get paid so much - because they say the correct things and don't paint themselves into a corner.

Usually to do with transfers, rarely outside of transfers. I have no doubt in my mind for instance that the person that posted this had been told by someone they trust as ITK had told them that at something was happening with the press today - if that was a misconstrued message about Gould being on Radio Bristol, leak finding, change of plan or something else who knows. I certainly wouldn't want people to be put off of posting information they had been given for fear of being labelled a bullshitter - that can be figured out by the readers.

There aren't any ITKers like an individual that knows everything, sometimes some people have some information sometimes things change.

Where are you seeing this?

Captured the mood nicely My partner said "they are swearing a lot this week" I said "it's all rational and understandable".

I have had my issues with him in the past but I thought he did as good as he could have first half.

Fredericks on the bench for West ham. Still one of the most bizarre signings ever.

Bought my poppy/city pin badge from the British legion, just looked down at it and feel embarrassed putting those 2 side by side. Think I will be buying just the normal poppy from now on, don't like this feeling.

Well there is some point to that, the crowd were turning against Barnsley and they managed to turn it on for 5 mins to ensure they weren't going to get abuse at half time.

Not sure if managers/coaches are inside or outside FFP. If they are outside then it's somewhere SL could spend money without causing problems. Still leaves us with a load of players that aren't fit to wear the shirt but the management/recruitment/coaching side would be very good.

NP to move to DoF, Shakespeare in as DoR, Smith to come in as manager?

I had been focusing on losing to 10 men hadn't even thought about conceding 3 against 10 men. That feels like a new low again.

Obviously watching a different game. No one deserves an 8, no one deserves more than a 6. I think there were some individual average performances out there.

The problem with asking the chairman or owner questions is the changes they make aren't going to affect this season. They need to have a vision that constrains a manager to ensure we don't flip flop in strategy and very importantly stand back, turn up for some pictures every so often and hold the manager to account. The manager manages the day to day - and that's where the challenges are so if anyone needs to come out and say something I think it should be NP but he needs to come out and give us more than it is what it is.

Verdict is in, guilty as charged.

My understanding is that the financial backing was of both LJ and MA as a pair and they got that backing because they could within FFP and they were delivering on SL vision of selling players to make money to buying young players making them better and sell them on in the money ball kind of way that Brentford did. Cotts didn't get backed because he wasn't trying to deliver on the vision of young and hungry players he was trying to sign top end championship winning players, Pearson isn't being backed because he can't due to FFP because MA bought a load of overinflated dross from prem teams that wanted to offload and a load of league 1/2 players that aren't cutting it.

Any evidence of that. It is still the football clubs stadium even if it's in a hold company so I would be very surprised.

I agree, how many times 3 seasons ago did we walk away from AG with a win and us in the top 6 thinking "how is this happening, how are we doing this". Don't get me wrong it was time for LJ to go but I've come around to what a few posters were saying on here at the time - LJ was performing miracles with that group of players. That group is now 1/2 the size, less quality and injury prone and no magician.

What happens next is we get relegated, no manager is going to change that. We rebuild in league 1 - get promoted a few years later and in about 6 years we challenge for the playoffs in the championship only to drop away and get relegated again.

Fairly sure I put in more effort trying to get Robins TV to work on my TV than the team did playing. Never said this before (even in SOD days) - sick of it. It's a merry-go-round/groundhog day where we never progress beyond challenging for the playoffs.